Manufacturing Advisory Service

Jack Dromey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 
	(1)  what the cost to the public purse was of the free helpline provided by his Department's Manufacturing Advisory Service in the latest period for which figures are available;
	(2)  how many businesses used the free helpline provided by the Manufacturing Advisory Service in  (a) 2007-08,  (b) 2008-09 and  (c) 2009-10;
	(3)  how much the Manufacturing Advisory Service spent on subsidised consultancy support for small and medium-sized enterprises in  (a) 2007-08,  (b) 2008-09 and  (c) 2009-10; and how many businesses used that support service in each such year.

Mark Prisk: The helpline for the Manufacturing Advisory Service is part of the wider inquiry service which includes e-mail inquiries and phone calls. These range from straightforward questions dealt with in a few minutes to more significant issues that require small pieces of research to support the manufacturer.
	The total cost of the inquiry service in 2009/10 was £590,000 including all staff and equipment costs.
	The number of businesses using the inquiry service is as follows:
	
		
			   Number of businesses using inquiry service 
			 2007/08 (1)20,141 
			 2008/09 11,148 
			 2009/10 18,270 
			 (1) Includes website.

Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Kent

Tracey Crouch: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders have been  (a) granted and  (b) breached in Kent and Medway in each of the last five years.

Nick Herbert: The number of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) issued in the Kent Criminal Justice System (CJS) area and the number proved in court to have been breached in the Kent CJS area, in each year between 2004 and 2008 (latest currently available), are shown in the table.
	Figures for Medway are unavailable as data collected centrally by the Ministry of Justice on ASBOs are not available below CJS area level.
	
		
			  The number of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) issued all courts( 1 ) and the number proved in court to have been breached( 2)  in the Kent Criminal Justice System (CJS) area, 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2008 
			  CJS area  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008 
			  Kent  
			 Issued 54 44 29 26 13 
			 Breached 5 6 8 11 16 
			 (1) Includes ASBOs issued on application by magistrates courts acting in their civil capacity and county courts, which became available on 1 April 1999 and ASBOs made following conviction for a relevant criminal offence at the Crown court and at magistrates courts (acting in their criminal capacity), which became available on 2 December 2002. Prior to the creation of the Ministry of Justice on 9 May 2007, numbers of ASBOs issued were reported to Home Office by the Court Service.  (2) Breach data from the magistrates court administrative systems in Kent are known to have been under-reported. ASBOs may be breached more than once and in more than one year. In this table ASBOs are counted once only within the period when they were first breached. Many of these breaches will be as a result of an ASBO that was issued in an earlier year. ASBOs may be issued in one area and breached in another. For these reasons breach rates cannot be computed from the figures presented in this table. Breaches are counted in this table by area of issue.   Note:   Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  Source:   Justice Statistics Analytical Services within the Ministry of Justice.

Departmental Press

Mike Freer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade profession magazines in each year since 1997.

Nick Herbert: The answer to this question is provided in the following table. It covers the period 1999-2009. Figures before 1999 are not available.
	This year we have been able to access more information that has enabled us to provide more details than we did in answering a similar question answered on 31 March 2010,  Official Report, columns 1075-76W.
	The figures from 2006 onwards are taken from a corporate framework agreement which gives improved value for money when compared to previous arrangements.
	This framework agreement includes figures for the UK Border Agency and it is not possible to separate out their expenditure from this figure. The other Executive agencies do not yet use this framework and so are not included.
	The figures provided reflect the functions with the Home Office during the listed years. Machinery of government changes and internal departmental restructuring has led to changes in the size and functions of the Department. As a consequence direct comparison year on year is very difficult.
	
		
			  Expenditure on newspapers and journals for period 1999-2010 
			   £ 
			 1999 13,086 
			 2000 14,676 
			 2001 24,981 
			 2002 23,359 
			 2003 26,734 
			 2004 41,056 
			 2005 42,277 
			 2006 116,237 
			 2007 102,277 
			 2008 80,190 
			 2009 63,479 
			 2010 37,745